Mary Battersby

Who is Mary Battersby?

Mary Battersby, was an Irish artist and naturalist.

She was the unmarried daughter of Robert Battersby of Bobsville, County Meath, Ireland, who in 1763 married Marianne, daughter and co-heiress of Haynes Wade of Lislin, County Cavan, Ireland. In 1837, the Royal Dublin Society received four volumes of drawings from Miss Battersby who lived at 21 North Cumberland Street, Dublin. These were Flowers drawn from Nature ; Drawings from a collection of birds shot in Pennsylvania, North America by Robert Battersby Esq.; Native birds which were all shot in the County Meath and Drawings taken from a collection of stuffed birds in the Dublin Museum, 1820. One other painting set is in the Ulster Museum. This gives the address of the artist as "No. 16 Mountjoy Square East"